Factory preset for imac

i have just bought a brand new imac intel.it was the display model and i want to know how to reset the settings back to the factory standard.someone has configured passwords etc on it that i cant get rid off. can anyone help me please. I want it to start up with setup assistant firstly.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I suggest that you reboot from the Install DVD and go to Disk Utility in the Utilities menu of the Installer. With DU you can erase and write zeros to the HD which will remove all the previous data from the display model and also map out any possible bad sectors on the HD.
After the drive is erased use the installer to reinstall Mac OS X and the Apple apps. You can do a custom install if you like and regain some GBs on the HD by only installing the brand of printer drivers you need and only the language(s) that you need.

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gene6,
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Designer.
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2) Click on the "advanced..." button to show the cute
knobs and sliders.
3) Right-Click on the "IR Sample" triangle located at
the top of the big circle on the left side. (If you
don't have a two-button mouse, buy one quick.)
4) This menu says "Load IR, Load IR & INIT, or Show
in FInder. I pick Load IR.
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file like "in the shower" inside bathrooms. Then
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out on that track.
6) If you like it (or twiddle with it to where you
can use it), show the user presets and click the "+"
button to add this setting to your list of User
Presets for easy retrieval.
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in this forum, but this works for me.
Hope it helps.
David
Thanks David your a wiz. this totally is the solution I was looking for.
gene6
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